NPRC to Launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chat System; Continues to Advance High Tech, High Touch Model

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atlasRTX

 Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) announces a partnership with Atlas RTX, a Mindshare Ventures company, to launch an artificially intelligent online chat system as part of our prospective students’ web experience. NPRC was established in response to the unserved, underserved, and in some cases, never served areas of northern Pennsylvania and has developed its delivery … Read more

Gratitude to Gannon

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Thank You Gannon University

  The 2014 legislation that established NPRC required an accredited partner to provide a portfolio of degrees to offer. Gannon University stepped up to the plate and played a large role in assisting with the launch of initial associate degree programs in Business Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies, before subsequently adding Early Childhood Education and Criminal … Read more

NPRC Vice President Participates in National Higher Education Webinar

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Atlas RTX

Dr. Linda M. Fleming, Vice-President of Academic and Student Affairs at the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC), was one of two experts who participated in a national video roundtable on April 15th, 2020, entitled From Crisis to Opportunity: Technology’s Turning Point in Higher Ed Student Communications. During the virtual roundtable, sponsored by AtlasRTX, Dr. Fleming … Read more

NPRC in Erie County and Beyond

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NPRC footprint covers nine counties, nearly 49% of residents live in Erie County.

Northern Pennsylvania Regional College’s footprint covers nine counties and is geographically larger than Connecticut; in fact, NPRC’s mission is comparable to having one two-year college serving the entire state of Connecticut. When looking at the demography of the nine counties, we serve over half a million people, and 47-49% of them are in Erie County. … Read more

NPRC Accepted As An Applicant for Candidate for Accreditation

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Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) passed a significant milestone on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, as the college received official notification that the accrediting body accepted NPRC’s letter of intent to apply for regional accreditation.

Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) passed a significant milestone on April 1st, 2020, as the college received official notification that the accrediting body accepted NPRC’s letter of intent to apply for regional accreditation. “The accreditation process is a long and arduous one, and we are very pleased to have received this official notification,” said NPRC … Read more

NPRC’s CDA Credential (Child Development Associate) Program

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Child Development Associate (CDA) credential program

Affordable: Thousands of dollars are available to current childcare workers seeking their CDA! Achievable: Prepare to earn your CDA in as little as 15 weeks. Accessible: Earning your degree as an early care or education provider is now easier than ever.   Initiatives from the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning have made … Read more

Convenient & Affordable College for Rural Pennsylvanians

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Convenient, Affordable College for Rural Pennsylvanians

Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC) is a mission-driven institution and Founding President Joseph T. Nairn recognizes that the team built within the organization is committed to showing up every day for all the right reasons. “Every day that we do our jobs well we change people’s lives, we give people opportunities they may not have … Read more

NPRC Says “We Are Not An Online College”

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NPRC says, "We Are Not An Online College"

NPRC is often mischaracterized as online, virtual, or education by t.v. While NPRC may have a unique model, it is not online. There are roughly half a million people in NPRC’s service area, a region larger than the state of Connecticut, but the ability to have a lecture or structured presentation where everyone is participating … Read more

Video Technology Benefits Students & Communities in Northern PA

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Video technology benefits all students and professors

Affordable Associate Degrees & Workforce Development Programs in Erie, Warren & Venango Counties At NPRC, we serve a broad geographic area. The model we use to deliver our classes was developed explicitly for this widely underserved and, in some cases, never served area. We have more than 25 classroom sites in our nine-county region where … Read more

NPRC Designed to Address “Education Desert” in Northern PA

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Locations of regions that NPRC are located

Recent articles in the Washington Monthly (September/October 2018) and the Detroit Free Press (October 2019) have raised awareness about “education deserts” that exist across rural America. Northern Pennsylvania is no stranger to these “deserts” as the region across the Northern Tier, from Erie in the West to the Scranton/New York border in the East, is … Read more